בַּמֻּפְלָא מִמְּךָ אַל תִּדְרֹשׁ

ביטוי (אנגלית)

Do not inquire into that which is beyond you, Search not into that which is concealed from you! mysteries of theosophy.

הגדרה (אנגלית)

Figuratively: Do not involve yourself in matters that are wondrous or impossible to understand.

(“For it is written in the Book of Ben Sira: Do not inquire into that which is beyond you, and do not investigate that which is concealed from you; contemplate what you are permitted, you have no business with hidden matters” – Ḥagigah 13a; and likewise: “From where does he live, and how does he live, and from where does he take his sustenance? … Why should you inquire into that which is beyond you?” – Sholem Aleichem / The Pot, p. 129; and likewise: “He found a sufficient explanation and was content; if he did not find one, he fulfilled upon himself the verse written in Ben Sira, brought in the Talmud: Do not inquire into that which is beyond you, and do not investigate that which is concealed from you” – Agnon / A City and Its Fullness, p. 100)